Russia builds schools in Tajikistan and sends teachers to Kyrgyzstan

On July 30, Sergei Kravtsov, the Minister of Education, remotely met with his CIS counterparts. Bolotbek Kupeshev, Minister of Education and Science of the Kyrgyz Republic; Mahmadyusuf Imomzoda, Minister of Education and Science of Tajikistan; and Sherzod Shermatov, Minister of Public Education of Uzbekistan, took part in the video conference.
As Sergei Kravtsov, Minister of Education of the Russian Federation, noted, “Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan are united by a long and fruitful cooperation and common history. And we, as ministers of education and enlightenment, are responsible for the younger generation, for preserving the continuity of cultural traditions and friendship of our peoples. In this context, it is important to create a unified educational space and preserve humanitarian ties between the peoples.”
The meeting focused on the development of humanitarian projects to support the study and teaching of the Russian language, as well as improving the quality of Russian-language education in Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, reports the press service of the Russian Ministry of Education.
According to Sergei Kravtsov, under the humanitarian project Russian Teacher Abroad, the Russian Federation is ready to send another 24 subject teachers to the Kyrgyz Republic, thus increasing the total number of Russian teachers in the republic’s schools to 54. By September 2022, Tajikistan will complete construction of five joint Russian-language schools for 1,200 students each. The schools will be built in Dushanbe, Kulyab, Khujand, Bokhtar and Tursunzoda. A similar project has been developed with Kyrgyzstan. Thanks to these initiatives the project will cover about 15 thousand children.
Currently, 50 Russian teachers from 18 regions of the Russian Federation work in schools of the Republic of Tajikistan.
As you may recall, the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly contributes to preservation of humanitarian ties between the Organization Member States.
For instance, on May 31, 2010, the CSTO PA adopted Recommendations on the Inclusion of Historical Memory Lessons in the School Curricula of the CSTO Member States to Educate the Younger Generation by the Example of Heroic Deeds of the Peoples that Won the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945. According to the 2021–2025 CSTO Action Plan, Recommendations on the Establishment of Uniform Approaches of the CSTO Member States to Design Measures to Counteract External Destructive Attempts to Revise and Distort the Historical Events and Outcomes of the Great Patriotic War and the Second World War and Methods of Teaching Their History are being developed.
As Rustam Shokhmurod, Chairman of the Coordination Meeting of Chairpersons of Committees (Commissions) on Defence and Security of the Parliaments of the CSTO Member States under the Council of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly and Chairman of the Committee on Defence and Security of the Majlisi Namoyandagon of the Majlisi Oli of the Republic of Tajikistan, noted on July 1 during the field session of the Council of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly, according to the CSTO PA Recommendation on the Inclusion of Historical Memory Lessons in the School Curricula of the CSTO Member States to Educate the Younger Generation by the Example of Heroic Deeds of the Peoples that Won the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945, secondary-school curricula of Tajik schools now include classroom hours Historical Memory, Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945 and The Multinational Contribution of the USSR in the Fight Against Fascism. A special course on the history of the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945 has also been introduced in secondary schools.